disproportionate
dis·pro·por·tion·ate1 / ˌdisprəˈpôrshənit/ • adj. too large or too small in comparison with something else: people on lower incomes spend a disproportionate amount of their income on fuel | their sentences were disproportionate to the offenses they had committed.DERIVATIVES: dis·pro·por·tion·ate·ly adv.dis·pro·por·tion·ate·ness n.dis·pro·por·tion·ate2 / ˌdisprəˈpôrshəˌnāt/ • v. [intr.] Chem. undergo disproportionation: water disproportionates to oxygen and hydrogen.
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